Event Post 41 - Nightmare

[i_like_red]

*All around him, there was nothing but darkness, Juudai couldn't see a thing, so he was wondering about blindly.

"Hey! Is anyone here!?" he yelled out loud. For a while the only response was his own voice echoing back at him. Then... he heard it, someone... a familiar voice calling out to him.

"Juudai? Juudai! Help!"

As he ran towards the voice, more voices joined in.

"Help Aniki!"
"Juudai! Help us!!"

He soon found those who the voices belonged to...
...his friends, who were all being dragged into the darkness by some unknown force.
he ran towards them, but every time he reached one of his friends, he was too late. Asuka, Manjoume, Shou, Kenzan, Johan, Isabel... all of his friends... every last one of them disappeared into the dark around him.

"W-Who's there!? Give them back!!"

A sudden wind picked up briefly as a shadow began swirling around in front of Juudai, eventually taking a vague form before him. As it did, juudai could make out the ghostly images of his friends faces within the shadow, they began trying to reach out to him, trying to call to him.
Gritting his teeth, a duel disk suddenly appeared on Juudai's arm. he activated it and raised it before him, but before he could even draw any cards, the shadow summoned two obscure monsters which fired attacks quickly at Juudai, both hitting him and sending him flying across the floor.

"Juudai! Help us please!"
"Aniki!!"
"You idiot! What are you doing!?"
"We'll all die because of you!"

Hearing his friends desperate pleas for help, or their harsh panicked words hurt Juudai so much. Gradually he managed to struggle to a sitting position, looking back at the shadowy figure.

"Just let them go! Please! Do whatever you want with me, JUST LET THEM GO!!"

The shadow seemed to smirk at Juudai, then... there was noting but silence. His friends were no longer calling to him.

"No..."

Suddenly, the area beneath the shadow began to turn blood red in colour, which quickly stained the entire floor. Juudai didn't dare look at it long... he knew what it meant...
Then, above him, there was a flash of lightening, making Juudai look up. His eyes widened as another flash of lightening revealed a horrific sight to him...
...his friends... all dead... they were stuck to vines that were towering high above him, the large thorns sticking through their bodies.

In a panic, Juudai stumbled and tried to run away from this sight, but as he did, the shadow began swirling again and flew straight at him, turning into a strange black liquid substance that began trying to grab at him. Juudai tired to fight it back with all he had, but the more he struggled and fought back, the more he seemed to get caught up in it. It was determined to not let him go and consume him completely.

"Stop! Let me go! Stop it! JUST BRING THEM BACK PLEASE! STOP!!"

The substance was swallowing him, he couldn't get out, no matter how much he thrashed and shouted and yelled in his distraught state, he couldn't escape...
...it was hopeless...*

((OOC: The shadow is pretty much a manifestation of all Juudai's current troubles, the stress, worry and frustration ect. So if your character goes to help him and gets caught up in this "Shadow Goo" too, they'll be able to sense Juudai's despair from it. If it swallows your character, they'll simply wake up))

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[i-like-red.livejournal.com]

*Juudai carries on fighting, but it's only so he can force out his other arm, so he can start digging away at the goo where Isabel's foot is as fast as he can. As he does, the goo is starting to go over Juudai's head*

Argh! It's not going to get you! I'm not going to let it get you!!

[sees-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Isabel manages to get her leg out, and falls back on to her behind. She gets back up and looks at Juudai in horror.

"J-Juudai nii?!"

[i-like-red.livejournal.com]

*He's not doing so good. The goo is pretty much almost covered him*

Isabel! Just run! Don't let it get you! JUST RUN! PLEASE!!
Arg...

*And the liquid begins to close up over the rest of his face, the last thing you see are his eyes, that are pleading for you to run away.*

[sees-the-sea.livejournal.com]

"JUUDAI-NII!" She starts to step forward....but spins around and runs as fast as she can.

[i-like-red.livejournal.com]

*Juudai is swallowed up completely. Soon enough there's a bright flash of light and... both of them will wake up*

[sees-the-sea.livejournal.com]

Isabel wakes up in her own room and takes a deep breath.

"...." She gets out of her bed and goes from her room to Juudai's, and immediately kicks the door open.

[i-like-red.livejournal.com]

*He's sat there, a blanket wrapped around him, he's shaking and he looks so exhausted, to be honest he barely seems to notice Isabel's entrance, he's so out of it*

[sees-the-sea.livejournal.com]

"...." She walks over to him and throws her arms around him. Tightly. As she does this, Juudai may notice she's shaking.

[i-like-red.livejournal.com]

*He can't seem to make sense of why she's here, that was just a dream right? Did she somehow know? Somehow see it? She's shaking like he is... she's scared like he is...
... he didn't even have the strength to talk though, nor ask questions. So he simply hugs her back*